Bon Jovi without doubt dominated the late '80s rock music scene with their catchy rock-pop style tunes. And for what it's worth, they were voted as the "#2 hairband of the 80's" as determined by VH1's recent countdown. The band was first started in 1983, when aspiring star John Bongiovi cut a demo at the famous NYC Powerstation studio. John's first 'hit' song was "Runaway" which became an instant local favorite. With this success, he decided on starting a permanent band. He recruited high school friend and keyboardist David Bryan Rashbaum, bassist Alec John Such, drummer Tico Torres and, eventually, guitarist Richie Sambora. Jon Bon Jovi's looks attracted immediate attention for the band, and he turned down the lucrative lead role in the dance movie Footloose in order to concentrate on his music. Their debut album preceded a headline tour and support slots with the Scorpions, Whitesnake and Kiss. Their second album, 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit, was greeted with cynicism by the music press, which was already hostile towards the band's manicured image and formularized heavy rock - this mediocre album only fuelled their scorn. Slippery When Wet was the biggest-selling rock album of 1987, although it originally appeared in August 1986. Slippery When Wet , a hugely successful and masterfully produced album sold over 10 million copies and stayed at #1 on the album charts for 8 weeks continuosly. In 1988, Bon Jovi returned with New Jersey, another succesful album which sold around 5 million copies worldwide. The rest of 1989 was spent on more extensive touring, before the band temporarily retired. As Jon Bon Jovi commented, it was time to "Ride my bike into the hills, learn how to garden, anything except do another Bon Jovi record." In 1990, Jon worked on the soundtrack for Young Guns 2 producing the hit song "Blaze of Glory". Although not as commercially successful, Richie Sambora also had a solo effort himself, releasing his Stranger in this Town album in 1991. Bon Jovi as a band have survived many years - this is why they deserve the top position as one of the best hairbands of all time. As you know, they're still around (sporting a more sleek, trimmed down look), and their latest hit single "It's My Life" has further established Bon Jovi's continuing success.

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Runaway

On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives.
They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their
eyes.
All your life all you've asked when's your Daddy gonna talk to you.
You were living in another world tryin' to get your message through.

No one heard a single word you said.
They should have seen it in your eyes
what was going around your heart.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.

A different line every night guaranteed to blow your mind.
See you out on the streets, call me for a wild time.
So you sit home alone 'cause there's nothing left that you can do.
There's only pictures hung in the shadows left there to look at you.

You know she likes the lights at nights on the neon Broadway signs
She don't really mind,
it's only love she hoped to find.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.

No one heard a single word she said.
They should have seen it in your eyes
what was going around your heart.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast,
now she works the night away.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast,
now she works the night away.